Finessing the fleece
Chris Pietraszek was hooked the first time she discovered the unique softness and warmth of alpaca fleece. “I walked into the Toodyay Alpaca Shop...
Home-grown hams
For most of us, a delicious glazed ham will be the centerpiece of our Christmas table – but where does our ham hail from?...
Raspberry fields forever
As dawn breaks over the sea of polytunnels at Costa Group’s newest berry farm west of Gingin, a tide of workers arrive on site...
Painting the town orange
It’s impossible to imagine how self-confessed chronic volunteer, twenty-nine-year old Elizabeth (Liz) Brennan squeezes in her smorgasbord of voluntary commitments alongside her ‘real’ jobs...
Solar power success story
When Amber Neuman built herself a new house on her 74 acre property in Beermullah last year she opted to go completely off-grid for...
Wildflower wonderland
It was almost forty years ago that Maureen and Clive Tonkin received their first cheque for wildflower royalties. Back then they never would have...
Building the herd
Melinda Brown, owner of Toffee Woods Alpacas admits to making every mistake in the book when she first got into Alpacas. Since then she...
Young Wongan Hills cattleman champions UltraBlacks in WA
Entrepreneurial young cattleman Albie Bookham is a pioneer of the UltraBlack breed here in WA, bringing over a starter herd of 29 cattle from...
East meets West in Gingin
When Peter Jones and his family bought a twice-failed yabby farm in Muckenburra in 2003, the many large, cracked, concrete ponds cried out for...
Maude a champion at the Royal
Goat enthusiasts Diana and Petrina Porter from Vitae Lampadae Stud, Bullsbrook, were thrilled with the results from their second year exhibiting at the Perth...
CAC students shine at Royal Show
Students from the Catholic Agricultural College, Bindoon came home with a stash of ribbons and wealth of learning experiences after competing in the cattle...
Harvest of the ocean
At 11am on Saturday morning the tiny fishing town of Cervantes, due west of Badgingara, is lazily basking in the early summer sun. A...
